Unearthly Challenge | SGV | Port of Peril

sgv3dmax

I chose the concept by Nicolas [Sparth] Bouvier. Made some changes in the original concept. Flipped the image horizontally. The camera was high on the roof top and it is brought down. I had to change the perspective of buildings on right side. Since my story is based on the evil side, i changed the lighting to a warm mood. The crevasse in the middle was formed from a massive attack on the port by an alien species. The destruction was so massive that humans were completely eliminated form the face of earth. Still working on the concept and will post updates soon.

sgv3dmax

Here is an update.

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Another update. This time added the other two craters. I am blocking out the scene and the camera is fixed. Next step will be adding props and small details.

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Another update. Changed the camera angle so as to include a wider field of view. Added two rail tracks of goods train which connects between the port and factory. Current triangle count: 3287

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Started working on the alien building. Here is an update

sgv3dmax

Another update.

Cody

Hey man looking pretty cool. I like the camera angle. Very dramatic and interesting. Modeling looks solid so far. I assume you are getting to the background stuff. Keep pushing it man, no crits yet, looks like you are on the right track.

sgv3dmax

Thanks Cody. Yeah I will be adding background elements. But since they are far -away stuff, I will be keeping alpha planes. I am still not very happy with the camera FOV. I think the scene demands a better FOV. Once I decide on the scene elements, will start work on details. i am planning to add some foreground elements as well.

sgv3dmax

Another update.

gsimpson91

that concept looks sweet, should be great!

sgv3dmax

This is the suction head used to take minerals out of the ground. Low-poly version with normal maps for the tube.

petrol

Ah, now thats got my attention... more of this please Great work. I'm sure you could get a bit more out of that normal map on the tube but still, looks good.

sgv3dmax

Here is another update. I worked on the building on right side. Made a crack in the roof. Next work will be on the crater. Will be making details on the crater walls

Cody

Dude! Awesome! I am loving the scene. The claw is very nice, a good bit of details, and the wrecked roof is looking cool. I'm planning on implementing some of that rubble/wreckage into my scene. Can't wait to see how you handle the crater.

sgv3dmax

Here is another update. Worked on the crater in zbrush. This is low-poly version with normal maps.

I_luv_Pixels

Looking really good! I that your hi-poly ground or is it normal mapped already?

sgv3dmax

Thanks. It is normal mapped. There will be more details in that crater.

artist_cg

man this is looking nice . seems like hell , keep it up

sgv3dmax

Another update. Created the lava pool with maya shaders. Oooh! It was a long one.

rohan_oka

lookin pretty sweet man ..
just an addon u could put in some alpha dust or some gravel flyin around the suction thingy

sivakumar3d

Perilous indeed! coming on really well.....!!!:thumbup:

If I have to nitpick

* the structures are a little too solid (the walls, the pole near the suction pipe) after all the destruction....might have felt the impact right?!

* those protruding rods on the roof are a bit too symmetric...if thats what u wanted..then fine.....

* the place where the claws hold to the ground need more detail...

* the pipe opening into the crater feels a little odd...probably needs more damage and not that protruding...

the more I see it...the more I like it!
keep posting.

sgv3dmax

Thanx for the C&C guys. Yeah, i have plans to put in flying dust around the suction pipe. I'll be adding them when i come to texturing level. I am just beginning to work on the area near the suction pipe (the wall and pole). Will update soon. I too thought about changing the protruding rods on the roof. Thinking about that. Any ideas?

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Another update. This time worked on the fence on left-hand side, added a low-res truck and changed the electric post. I decided to put cracked road near the camera on the ground. There will be lot of debris from the explosion.

David-J

Is looking pretty good. The lava looks pretty sweet. The glow is it like an emmisive map or something?

What do you plan to do with the background?

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I got the glow from Luminance color utility under create maya nodes in hypershade. I will be filling the background with the alien building and some cranes. Here is another update:

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Here's another update. Worked on lighting and added some lightning bolts. These alien suckers live by consuming minerals from earth and power from the sky. Current triangle count for the scene is 49223. I am keeping a total limit to 60000. No textures yet, waiting for any C&Cs. Will start UV on Sunday. The lightning bolts are just textures with alpha. Need to work on these more. I have plans of creating twister clouds above these lightning bolts. But need to wait till texturing time. There is another camera near the claw machine. Need to add some debris in front of the alien building.

David-J

It's looking really good. I think you have captured the mood pretty well.

I know this is just preliminary lighting but I just wanted to suggest for a darker scene to have more contrast.

sgv3dmax

Here is another update. The overall scene lighting has been reduced. I had a glow effect on the spotlight beams. Removed it and improved the contrast. Changed the truck. Previous one was just a proxy. This one is a tipper truck.

Huoliuhi

Thanks! Bump!

Mangled Poly

This is coming together very nicely! I love that claw!

sgv3dmax

Here is another update. Added some barrels, rubble and tweaked the lightning.

artist_cg

hi , its been a long time since i checked here , nice job so far , i like the chaos in the scene , keep it up

sgv3dmax

Thanx artist_cg. Currently i am working on unwrapping the stuff. The aliens use their lightning bolts to absorb energy from sky. So in this process the clouds twist around the point of contact. I could not get good reference material for this twister clouds. Anybody could help me in this. What i have in mind is something like the clouds above the citadel in Halflife 2 ep2. But i want something different. There will be more debris and flying ash in the scene. But i will be adding them during texturig stage.

SHEPEIRO

get some sharper shapes on that there ground normal, too blobby, comps looking good.

sgv3dmax

Here's another update. I was playing around with the composition before finalizing the scene for texturing. I decided to shift the focal point from the alien building to the claw because there were too many points of interest in the scene. The claw looks a bit washed with white light, but this will be compensated with dark textures. The ground is given hi-res textures now, less blobby. Next update will be with textures. Comments and crits welcome.

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Mangled Poly

Nice texturing i love that glowing pipe!

sgv3dmax

Here's another update. Texturing the ground.

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This is the second camera angle:

Mangled Poly

I am not sure your second angle is really different enough to impress the judges. You should try viewing your set from different angles to try a more different and interesting second shot

artist_cg

hi , u have done a good job so far , and for the camera angle , if u can take shot away from the claw a little so we can see the rest of the scene easily , its blocking half the image , but again great job , keep it up [IMG]file:///C:/Users/Ahmed/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg[/IMG]

sgv3dmax

Thanks for the comments. I am working on the second camera angle. I will post it soon.

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I changed the second camera. Here is the update:

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The primary camera with some updates in lighting and texturing

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Another update. Not much update this time, completed texturing the ground and tweaked overall lighting . I am planning to submit the final on Oct 27. This is camera 2

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This is camera-1. I adjusted lighting on the fence pole (foreground) and tweaked the road.

Cody

Great work. I am loving the way this turned out.

doomstagg

nice work... there is a wierd tangency in the top left corner... That red spot in the sky is situated right at that black lines end point. Could be intentional, but if not it reads strangley.

sgv3dmax

doomstagg wrote: »

nice work... there is a wierd tangency in the top left corner... That red spot in the sky is situated right at that black lines end point. Could be intentional, but if not it reads strangley.

The black lines is actually the power-feeder tower of the alien building at the far. It is used to absorb power from the sky. I am still looking for some idea to display that tower. What i have in mind is a complex structure, but since it is far away it won't be seen that clearly. So i need to keep some alpha cards for the clouds and some fog in front of it.

doomstagg

sgv3dmax wrote: »

The black lines is actually the power-feeder tower of the alien building at the far. It is used to absorb power from the sky. I am still looking for some idea to display that tower. What i have in mind is a complex structure, but since it is far away it won't be seen that clearly. So i need to keep some alpha cards for the clouds and some fog in front of it.

Ah... I thought it might be something like that.

sgv3dmax

Here is another update. Worked on the fence pole in foreground to pull it in a little bit, Textured the broken building roof on the right side, tweaked the specular maps on the road etc...